Chapter 16 "What am I?"

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"KRAKRAACCCKKK! BOOM! BOOM!" The lightning illuminates the hallway, revealing Caesar standing at one end of the narrow hallway, while the four savage machines approach from the other. Caesar stands firmly as they stand just ahead of him, quickly noticing the human children behind them. His glossy titanium parts shake as he trembles slightly from the intimidating force approaching him.

Caesar: "There are 4 of them... Can I really take them all on?"

The savage machines arm themselves with deadly weapons as they come closer to Caesar, slowly approaching him through the very long and narrow hallway. One unsheaths a katana, ignited in flames. Another with a spiked mace, dripping of oil, and another wielding two dual hammers, engulfed in steam from the extreme heat radiating off of them. And the last one without a weapon walks in front of them all with a terrifyingly ominous look.

Caesar: "I have to stop them... To save the children, and I can't risk calling Axel for help and putting him in danger. I have to stop them here and now..."

Caesar then stops his body from shaking nervously, as he walks towards them with his fists in the air ready for combat. As he reaches for the large sword he took up earlier, the unarmed machine in front rushes towards him at an alarming speed. Closing the distance between them within seconds.

The machine slides up just in front of Caesar striking him with an uppercut. Knocking Caesar up into the air, the machine then continues with a barrage of blows to Caesar's body, with its fists slowly turning a bright orange from the immense heat radiating inside of it. Steam begins to burst out from each strike to his body and then it finishes the onslaught with a massive punch, sending Caesar flying into the wall behind him.

"BAM!" The smoke and dust slowly clears as Caesar steps out, with darkened spots on his steel. He looks in front of him to see the machine standing before him with glowing fists, now ignited with a soft gentle fire. The machine begins to walk towards him, with its arms lowers as if it is not threatened by Caesar at all. Caesar looks behind the machine as he notices the three other machines just standing by watching.

Caesar: "This is my chance..."

Caesar draws the large sword, heating the sharp metal of the blade as little streams of steam flow from his hands.

Caesar: "Now it's my turn"

The machine dashes towards Caesar once again, but Caesar blocks its attack and counters it with a brutal strike of the heated blade. Carving into the machine's shoulder like butter, as the other machines notice they begin to rush towards Caesar as well. "BLAM!" Caesar fires the gun with the other hand towards the oncoming machines. Blowing a massive hole in the lower torso of the machine carrying the mace.

Caesar then continues to carve his blade down into the machine's shoulder about to dismember its arm. The machine explodes in a frenzy of punches, pushing Caesar back. Entering a berserk rage, the machine begins to spew fire from its mouth and eyes... "BLAM!" Caesar blast away half of the machine's face with the gun and follows it up with a quick slash from his sword. The machine staggeringly drops to its knees from the sudden blast. 

Burning coal and oil drip heavily from its brutally destroyed face as it looks up to Caesar standing in front of it. "BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!" Caesar mercilessly unloads his gun into the machine's rotten skull, violently shattering its body into pieces. The machine with the mace halts its movements as it stands back beside the children by the command given by the katana wielder.

The other two machines converge on Caesar, bombarding him with attacks. The machine with the flaming katana first clashes with Caesar as their blades collide, while the duel wielding machine barbarically slams its heated hammers into Caesar's head. Struggling with the overbearing onslaught, Caesar tactically drops to the floor and swings his heated blade as he rolls away from under their continuous attacks, easily dismembering the dual wielding machine's feet. 

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